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Labor MP calls for AUKUS 'renegotiation'
Labor MP Ed Husic calls for AUKUS 'renegotiation' after Virginia-class changes Tue 2 Jun 2026 at 4:12pm In short: Labor backbencher Ed Husic has called into question the future of the AUKUS pact and argues Labor needs to renegotiate the deal. Mr Husic says changes to the pact announced over the weekend provide an opportunity to reconsider AUKUS altogether.
Fresh concerns emerge over impact of Labor's tax changes on medical tech
Medical technology sector raises fresh concerns with Labor’s capital gains tax overhaul Sat 6 Jun 2026 at 4:44am In short: Australia's medical technology sector says Labor's budget changes will make it harder for local startups to commercialise new products. Industry groups say planned changes to research and development tax incentives will specifically hurt the health sector where companies often take more than a decade to become profitable. What's next: Labor is pressing ahead with its...
Americans face new price hikes as Trump targets imports from dozens of countries over ‘forced labor’
Americans face new price hikes as Trump targets imports from dozens of countries over ‘forced labor’ The U.S. Trade Representative has announced the Trump administration is proposing tariffs of 10% or more for dozens of major trading partners following a probe into alleged forced labor - Bookmark The Trump administration is proposing tariffs of 10 percent or more on products from dozens of major trading partners, following a probe into imports allegedly made with forced labor. A report...
Filipino lawyers move to raise legacy of Pablo Manlapit, forgotten leader of Hawaii labor movement
Filipino lawyers move to raise legacy of Pablo Manlapit, forgotten leader of Hawaii labor movement Recent allegations against César Chavez have sparked a renewed focus on Filipino contributions to the U.S. farmworker movement - Bookmark Decades before Filipino American agricultural workers organized a historic strike in California, Pablo Manlapit was organizing Filipino laborers in Hawaii. Manlapit, who migrated to Honolulu in 1910 to work on sugar plantations, saw the exploitation of other...
US plans extra tariffs for 60 countries over forced labor
US plans extra tariffs for 60 countries over forced labor June 3, 2026US President Donald Trump's administration is proposing additional tariffs of 10% or more to be imposed on its trading partners following a probe into countries importing goods allegedly made with forced labor. In a report released Wednesday, the US Trade Representative (USTR) said it had found that 60 economies had failed to "impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced...
Live: Joyce warns against 'hubris' as One Nation pulls ahead of Labor in poll
live Federal politics live: Joyce warns against 'hubris' as One Nation pulls ahead of Labor in poll One Nation recruit Barnaby Joyce says politics in Australia has changed as he welcomes the results of an opinion poll that suggests his party now has more support than Labor. Follow all the updates in our live blog.
Trump administration proposes 10 percent tariff on Canada, Mexico and the EU over forced labor
The Trump administration wants to reimpose a 10 percent tariff on top trading partners including the European Union and Canada, while hitting others with a higher rate, citing concerns about forced labor. The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office made those proposals as part of a report it released late Tuesday with the results of its investigation into 60 trading partners over their failure to impose and enforce laws to prohibit goods made with forced labor. It’s one of two sprawling...
U.S. proposes fresh tariffs on 60 economies over forced labor trade practices
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has proposed additional tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies over their failure to ban goods made with forced labor, in a sweeping action that would hurt most trading partners including China, the European Union and Japan. The determination, made under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, found that all 60 countries have failed to impose or effectively enforce a prohibition on forced labor-related imports, creating what it called an...
Meta hits out at Labor's plan to make tech giants pay for news
Meta hits out at Labor's plan to make tech giants pay for news Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 12:22pm In short: Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has criticised Labor's proposed Media Bargaining Incentive. The plan would see large digital platforms taxed up to 2.25 per cent of Australian revenue unless they strike deals to pay for local journalism. The draft laws will be introduced into parliament later this year.
Labor to highlight ‘risk’ of One Nation to cost of living in bid to dent Pauline Hanson’s popularity
Labor MP Mike Freelander says party must continue to help under-pressure workers, including considering further income tax cutsLabor will seek to highlight Pauline Hanson’s record of opposing cost-of-living relief for working people as it tries to prevent One Nation further eroding its voter base. As the government grapples with how to deal with Hanson’s surge, one Labor MP predicted One Nation’s support had peaked and the right-wing populist party wouldn’t be able to replicate its polling...